Hot air register



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Awe/ems Ya 2,822,742 a Patented Feb. 11, 1958 HOT AIR REGISTER Casimir J. Ochs, Andrew L. Ochs, and Raymond B. Ochs, Seattle, Wash.

Application August 2, 1954, Serial No. 447,232 4 Claims. (Cl. 98-40) This invention relates to what are known in the heatmg and ventilating art as registers, and it has reference more particularly to improvements in registers that are designed primarily for use in conjunction with baseboard hot air heating systems as installed for residence heating purposes.

' More specifically stated, the present invention pertains to the provision of an air discharging register wherein provision is made for directional control of the air in respect to its upward or its downward discharge from the register.

It is the principal object of the present invention to provide a register that is especially designed for use in a hot air baseboard heating system and which is provided with a valve element that is manually adjustable to direct the outflowing air either in an upward, or in a downward direction, or, if it is so desired, to eflect the discharge of definite proportionate amounts of air in the two directions above mentioned.

. Further objects of the invention reside in the details of construction and combination of parts embodied in such registers and in their mode of use, as will hereinafter be fully described.

In accomplishing these and other objects of the invention, we have provided the improved details of construction, the preferred forms of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view showing an arrangement of registers for baseboard heating wherein the registers embody the improvements of the present invention therein.

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the registers as arranged in Fig. l.

Fig. 3 is a cross-sectional view of a register, showing the valve element thereof adjusted to a position for eifecting an upward discharge of air from the register.

Fig. 4 is a similar cross-sectional view of the register, showing the valve element thereof adjusted to a position-for a downward discharge of air therefrom.

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the valve member, detached from the housing, and as seen from the inside.

Fig. 6 is a view of a register of an alternative form of construction wherein the valve member as vertically slidable for its adjustment instead of being pivotally movable.

Fig. 7 is an enlarged cross-section, taken on the line 7-7 in Fig. 6.

Fig. 8 is a cross-section of a register showing a construction similar to that of Fig. 6 but having a different means of support for the adjustable valve member.

' Fig. 9 is an enlarged section taken on line 99 in Fig. 8.

Fig. 10 is a cross-section of a register of still another form of construction, having a sliding damper plate for controlling the directional discharge of air therefrom.

Fig. 11 is a sectional detail in perspective, showing the valve securing leveL.

Referring more in detail to the drawings:

The present register, as provided for use in baseboard heating systems, contemplates that it be made in several 2 standard lengths. For example, registers may be two feet, three feet or four feet in length, and adapted to be placed end to end to extend along a wall for any desired, or required distance. It is further anticipated that each register will have a suitable connection for its reception of heated air from an air supply duct. To illustrate this general arrangement of parts, I have, in Fig. 1, shown a succession of registers embodied by this invention, each designated in its entirety by numeral 10. These registers are arranged end to end, along a wall. Below the floor, upon which the registers are arranged, is a hot air supply duct 12 and leading from this duct to the individual registers, are connecting ducts 13. In this particular illustration, the ducts 13 connect with the registers through openings in their bottom walls, but it is to be understood that connections may, if desired, be made in i like manner through their back walls, as has been indicated by theshowing of duct 12x in Fig. 4. Each register, preferably, is made of sheet metal and as will be understood best by reference to Figs. 3 and 4, comprises a vertical back wall 15, a horizontal bottom wall 16, and a horizontal top wall 17 which has a flange 18 depending vertically from its forward edge. The botr tom wall 16 is provided along its forward edge with a vertically upturned flange 19 that leads into a continuing upwardly and inwardly inclined wall portion 20 which is formed along its upper edge with a vertically down: turned flange 21. At its opposite ends, the register hous ing is closed by vertical end walls 22-22; all these wallforming parts being rigidly fixed together and non-flexible. It will be observed by reference to Figs. 3 and 4, that the front forming parts 19 and 20 along the bottom of the register are slightlyoutset from the vertical plane of the flange 18 and the front is open except for the disposition therein of an adjustable valve member whereby the direction of discharged air is controlled. The valve member is herein designated in its entirety by reference numeral 25. It comprises a single pieceof sheet metal, that extends to the full length of the housing between the end walls 22-22 thereof, and at its ends it is formed with intumed flanges 2626 which lie closely parallel to and at the inside of the corresponding end walls 2222, and are pivoted thereto by suitable means such as pivot studs 27-27 that permit the valve member to be pivotally adjusted about a horizontal axis that is approximately midway between top and bottom edges of, the valve member.

The plate 25 is angularly bent along a horizontal line; that is about two-thirds the distance from the bottom to top edge to provide an inwardly and upwardly directed portion formed at its top edge with a downturned flange 30 that is adapted, in one position of adjustment of the valve, to close flatly against the downturned flange 18 of the top wall 17. Along its lower edge, the-member 25 is formed with an upwardly and inwardly bent flange 32 that is adapted, in another position of adjustment of the valve member, to close flatly against the inclined'wall portion 20 of the front wall 19. Thus, it will be understood, that the valve member 25 is pivotally mounted for'adjustment between the two positions in which it has been shown, respectively, in Figs. 3 and 4. Furthermore, itwill be understood that in the position of Fig. 4, it provides an open space, as at 33, along the bottom of the housing between the flanges 20 and 32, through which air'is caused to be discharged downwardly and outwardly. from the housing and when in the position of Fig. 3, an op'ening34 will be provided'between flanges 18 and 30 for the discharge of air from the register in. an upward; direction. I. 1' 1% At other positions of its adjustment of the valve element 25, between those in which it is shown in Figs. 3 and 4. the discharge of air through both passages 33 and 

